2)At the time, I wasn’t thinking about its utility, the ways in which it shaped or influenced me, any more than I’d think about how playing basketball 4 days a week kept me in some semblance of shape.
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3) But being engaged w fiction all the time—serious books, less serious books—meant that I was in a constant conversation w myself about what mattered. Not what mattered in the instant. But what mattered inside, over the long haul. About the consequences of actions.
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4) About rare kindnesses. About meanness.
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5) somewhere in there, I happened to meet one of the world’s best novelists. He was 20 years older than me, about the age I am now, and he said: it gets harder to read fiction as you get older. I didn’t understand it. Couldn’t conceive of it.
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6) But now I know what he meant. And it goes to the heart of why fiction matters. Fiction stirs you up in a way nothing else can. It forces you inward, then forces your eyes to see the world around you, too, clearly, if for only a moment. Forces you to see who hurts and why.
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7) And it forces you to grapple with impermanence. With death. And its ramifications. And asks you this question: if we’re all gonna die, what is worth living for? Who is worth living for? What will you do with your time.
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8) A friend asked me today, if I wanted those novel recommendations to clear my head. To take my mind off my show, Billions. And yes, sure, that, too. But what I wanted and needed more was to dive deep. To risk being that unsettled. To remind myself of my brief place here. Now.
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This thread is exactly what I needed right now. I cannot explain how much I needed it, but imagine being a 69 yr Sr, recovered bone cancer, lost partner to Alzheimer’s, & lost $$$ sec during Great Recession. Cable news replaced nonstop fiction..& then this...
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Sorry to hear all that. Wishing you the best.
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